The 2019 international cricket season was from May 2019 to September 2019. The 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales took place during this time, starting on 30 May 2019. 10 Test matches, 78 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 109 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), as well as 1 Women's Test, 9 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 130 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were played during this period. Additionally, a number of other T20I/WT20I matches were also scheduled to be played in minor series involving associate nations. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings and Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings. On 3 May, the International Cricket Council (ICC) expanded the men's T20I rankings to include all current Full Member and Associate members of the ICC, featuring 80 teams. In the women's rankings, Australia women lead both the WODI and WT20I tables.
Concussion replacements were allowed to be used in all international cricket matches from 1 August 2019, after the ICC approved changes to the Playing Conditions to this effect. A concussion substitute was used for the first time in international cricket when Steve Smith was replaced by Marnus Labuschagne after being struck on the neck by a bouncer in the second Test of the Ashes.
International men's cricket started with a one-off ODI between England and Ireland, which England won. The 2019 Cricket World Cup was held in England, starting in May. England won their first World Cup, beating New Zealand in a Super Over, after the final finished in a tie. Following the World Cup, the 71st Ashes series was played in this season. The Ashes Tests were the first Test matches in the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. Australia retained the Ashes, after winning the fourth Test of the series. The series was drawn 2–2, the first drawn Ashes series since 1972.
In the one-off test between England and Ireland, Ireland were bowled out for 38 in their second innings. This was the seventh lowest innings total in Test history, and the lowest since England bowled New Zealand out for 26 in 1955. In the third Test of the Ashes, England were bowled out for 67 in their first innings and went on to win the Test; this is the first time since 1887 that a team has been bowled out for less than 70 in their first innings and went on to win the match.
The 2019 Romania T20 Cup saw several records set in men's T20Is. The match between Czech Republic and Turkey saw the Czech Republic equal the record for the highest innings total in T20Is (278), Turkey bowled out for the lowest total in T20Is (21), and the largest margin of defeat in terms of runs (257).
In addition, several qualification events for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup took place in this season. In the Africa qualifier, both Namibia and Kenya progressed to the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. Jersey progressed from the Europe qualifier tournament and Singapore progressed from the Asia qualifier tournament. In the final qualifier tournament was the Americas group, which saw Canada and Bermuda progress. Qualification started for the 2023 Cricket World Cup this season, with the Scotland Tri-Nation Series kicking off Cricket World Cup League 2.
In July 2019, the ICC suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, for breach of the ICC Constitution, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. It was the first time that a Full Member of the ICC had been suspended. As a result of Zimbabwe's suspension, the ICC replaced them in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier with Nigeria and the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament with Namibia. In addition, the ICC suspended the Croatian Cricket Federation and the Zambia Cricket Union for non-compliance issues, and expelled the Royal Moroccan Cricket Federation as they continued to remain non-compliant with the ICC Membership Criteria.
Women's cricket in this season saw the conclusion of qualification for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, with many of these events also being part of the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup qualification process. Regional qualification groups saw teams progress to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments. Zimbabwe initially qualified from the Africa group, before being replaced by Namibia. Papua New Guinea qualified from the EAP group, the United States qualified from the Americas group and the Netherlands qualified from the Europe group. The 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier also took place during the season. Bangladesh and Thailand reached the final of the Qualifier to progress to the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. It was the first time that Thailand had qualified for a Women's T20 World Cup tournament. Bangladesh beat Thailand in the final of the Qualifier to win the tournament.
The 2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament saw several records set. Mali scored four of the five lowest innings totals in WT20Is, the lowest of which was six. In addition, the two highest innings totals in WT20Is was also set this tournament, with Uganda's 314/2 being the highest. In addition, four bilateral series were played, including the 23rd Women's Ashes, which was won by Australia.
Season overview Men's international tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I — 0–1 — — 4–0 1–0 — 0–1 — — 0–1 — — 1–1 — — 2–0 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 — — — 3–0 — 2–2 — — — — 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 — 1–2 Zimbabwe were scheduled to play Afghanistan in August 2019, but the tour did not take place. Men's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series style="text-align:left" colspan=2 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
Women's international tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] WTest WODI WT20I — 1–1 3–2 — — 0–3 — 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 Zimbabwe Women were scheduled to tour Ireland in June 2019, but the tour did not take place. — — Women's international tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Americas 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Rankings
The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season.
ICC Men's Test Team Rankings 3 May 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 32 3,631 113 2 23 2,547 111 3 27 2,917 108 4 35 3,663 105 5 27 2,640 98 6 37 3,462 94 7 27 2,263 84 8 29 2,381 82 9 25 1,898 65 10 9 140 16
ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings 3 May 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 38 4,659 123 2 47 5,669 121 3 39 4,488 115 4 33 3,729 113 5 40 4,342 109 6 37 3,552 96 7 31 2,667 86 8 34 2,719 80 9 43 3,266 76 10 28 1,780 64 11 30 1,609 54 12 20 921 46 13 9 359 40 14 8 152 19 15 15 144 10 16 9 50 6
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings 3 May 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 25 7154 286 2 16 4196 262 3 15 3917 261 4 21 5471 261 5 28 7273 260 6 16 4056 254 7 16 3849 241 8 18 4093 227 9 21 4747 226 10 16 3525 220 11 8 1698 212 12 11 2185 199 13 9 1730 192 14 9 1686 187 15 19 3455 182 16 14 2527 181Only the top 16 teams are shown
ICC Women's ODI Rankings 24 March 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 25 3602 144 2 30 3673 122 3 33 4018 122 4 33 3714 113 5 39 3864 99 6 22 1921 87 7 26 1978 76 8 29 1617 56 9 13 632 49 10 10 211 21
ICC Women's T20I Rankings 1 May 2019 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 28 7,937 283 2 30 8,332 278 3 32 8,837 276 4 27 7,044 261 5 38 9,504 250 6 28 6,824 244 7 34 7,713 227 8 31 6,373 206 9 31 5,913 191 10 17 3,153 185 11 23 3,518 153 12 40 6,044 151 13 8 1,199 150 14 19 2,425 128 15 25 3,166 127 16 27 3,381 125Only the top 16 teams are shown
May England in Ireland
Only ODI No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 4127 3 May William Porterfield Eoin Morgan The Village, Dublin by 4 wickets
2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
Tri-series No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 4128 5 May William Porterfield Jason Holder Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf by 196 runs ODI 4129 7 May Jason Holder Mashrafe Mortaza Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf by 8 wickets ODI 4130a 9 May William Porterfield Mashrafe Mortaza The Village, Dublin Match abandoned ODI 4132 11 May William Porterfield Jason Holder The Village, Dublin by 5 wickets ODI 4134 13 May Jason Holder Mashrafe Mortaza The Village, Dublin by 5 wickets ODI 4136 15 May William Porterfield Mashrafe Mortaza Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Clontarf by 6 wicketsFinal ODI 4137 17 May Jason Holder Mashrafe Mortaza The Village, Dublin by 5 wickets (DLS)
Pakistan in England
Only T20I No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20I 772 5 May Eoin Morgan Sarfaraz Ahmed Sophia Gardens, Cardiff by 7 wickets ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 4130 8 May Eoin Morgan Sarfaraz Ahmed The Oval, London No result ODI 4133 11 May Eoin Morgan Sarfaraz Ahmed Rose Bowl, Southampton by 12 runs ODI 4135 14 May Eoin Morgan Sarfaraz Ahmed County Ground, Bristol by 6 wickets ODI 4138 17 May Jos Buttler Sarfaraz Ahmed Trent Bridge, Nottingham by 3 wickets ODI 4140 19 May Eoin Morgan Sarfaraz Ahmed Headingley, Leeds by 54 runs
2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa
Round-robin No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result WT20I 623 5 May Yasmeen Khan Margaret Ngoche Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 39 runs WT20I 624 5 May Mary-Anne Musonda Palmira Cuinica Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 163 runs WT20I 625 5 May Blessing Etim Sarah Uwera Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 37 runs WT20I 626 5 May Kevin Awino Linda Bull Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 90 runs WT20I 631 6 May Margaret Ngoche Linda Bull Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 106 runs WT20I 632 6 May Palmira Cuinica Blessing Etim Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 8 wickets WT20I 633 6 May Kevin Awino Yasmeen Khan Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 14 runs WT20I 634 6 May Fatuma Kibasu Mary-Anne Musonda Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 92 runs WT20I 639 8 May Palmira Cuinica Sarah Uwera Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 1 wicket WT20I 640 8 May Blessing Etim Fatuma Kibasu Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 86 runs WT20I 641 8 May Margaret Ngoche Kevin Awino Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 4 runs WT20I 642 8 May Linda Bull Yasmeen Khan Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 10 wickets WT20I 647 9 May Fatuma Kibasu Eulalia Moiane Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 10 wickets WT20I 648 9 May Sarah Uwera Mary-Anne Musonda Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 82 runs WT20I 652 11 May Sarah Uwera Fatuma Kibasu Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare by 38 runs WT20I 653 11 May Mary-Anne Musonda Blessing Etim Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare by 10 wicketsFinal WT20I 654 12 May Mary-Anne Musonda Yasmeen Khan Harare Sports Club, Harare by 50 runs
2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP